A south Alabama city will open the state’s newest Safe Haven Baby Box this week, offering mothers a last-ditch way to seek help for newborns they are unable to care for.
The program was designed for parents who feel they have no other options. Infants can be left in the climate-controlled boxes, which are monitored for arrivals by first responders and medical personnel. There are no legal repercussions for the mothers.
According to a Project Safe Haven website, there are now about two dozen of the boxes scattered across the state. The newest one is at Fire Station No. 1 in Foley, where a dedication ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 12. The station is at 120 W. Verbena Ave…